моц

See also: Appendix:Variations of "moc"

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian моцъ (mocʹ), from Old Polish moc, from Proto-Slavic *moťь. Cognate with Ukrainian міць (micʹ), another borrowing from Polish, Ukrainian міч (mič) and Russian мочь (močʹ), both inherited from Old East Slavic мочь (močĭ), and Russian мощь (moščʹ), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mot͡s]

• Audio:

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Noun

моц • (moc) f inan (genitive мо́цы, uncountable)

1. might, power

   Synonym: магу́тнасць (mahútnascʹ)

Declension

Declension of моц (inan sg-only hard 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	моц moc
genitive	мо́цы mócy
dative	мо́цы mócy
accusative	моц moc
instrumental	мо́цай, мо́цаю mócaj, mócaju
locative	мо́цы mócy

Derived terms

• мо́цны (mócny)

References

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “моцъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 187
• “моц”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “моц” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak moc, from Proto-Slavic *moťь. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn муць (mucʹ) and Slovak moc. By surface analysis, deverbal from мочи (moči).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔt͡s]
• Rhymes: -ɔt͡s
• Hyphenation: моц

Noun

моц (moc) f (related adjective моцни)

1. (uncountable) power, might (physical strength or force)

   Synonym: сила (sila)

   моц мотора ― moc motora ― engine power

2. (uncountable) strength (quality or degree of being strong)

   Synonym: сила (sila)

   вецей нє мал моци ― vecej nje mal moci ― he had no more strength

3. (uncountable, physics, mechanics) power, strength (measure of the effectiveness that a force producing a physical effect has over time)
4. (uncountable) power, influence (effectiveness or ability to influence)
5. (uncountable) power, ability, faculty (quality or state of having the necessary power)

   куповна моц ― kupovna moc ― purchasing power

6. (uncountable) strength (ability to resist damage or destruction)
7. (countable) force, strength, power (ability to perform specific tasks in a production facility)

   роботна моц ― robotna moc ― work force, manpower

8. (uncountable) power, strength; concentration (degree of concentration i.e. of an acid)

   одредзиц моц ― odredzic moc ― to titrate (literally, “to determine the concentration”)

9. (uncountable) force, strength, power (work done per unit of time)
10. (countable, in the plural, military) forces, troops

    Synonym: войско (vojsko)

Declension

Declension of моц

	singular	plural
nominative	моц (moc)	моци (moci)
genitive	моци (moci)	моцох (mocox)
dative	моци (moci)	моцом (mocom)
accusative	моц (moc)	моци (moci)
instrumental	моцу (mocu)	моцами (mocami)
locative	моци (moci)	моцох (mocox)
vocative	моц / моци (moc / moci)	моци (moci)

Related terms

nouns

• всемоц f (vsemoc)
• моцак m pers (mocak)
• моцар m pers (mocar)
• надмоц f (nadmoc)
• нємоц f (njemoc)
• полномоц f (polnomoc)
• премоц f (premoc)

verbs

• моцнїц impf (mocnjic)
• моцовац impf (mocovac)
• мочи impf or pf (moči)

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “моц”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “force”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 118
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “might”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 178
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “power”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 219
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “strength”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 306
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “titrate”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 333